This quiz will look at prehistoric Ireland, anything predating 400 AD, to see what it tells us about human prehistory. Join me as we look at some silly Irish men and women to see what this time was like.

When most people think of Neanderthal, they picture an unintelligent, hairy brute who wrestles dinosaurs. Ongoing research has taught us that these ideas are more the product of Hollywood than of science. This quiz should clear up some misconceptions.

Explore this unusual and intriguing archeological site that depicts well the most important cultural transition in the human history.

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* Christian Jurgensen Thomson developed his famous 'Three Age System' for subdividing human prehistory in 1806. Which of these was not an 'age' in Thomson's system?
* The last glaciation of the most recent Ice Age is sometimes referred to by the name of what river in Europe?
* Which of these individuals first identified a member of the early hominid species known as Australopithecus?
* The earliest evidence of toolmaking was found at a site on the east side of Lake Turkana which has been given what name?
* Eugene Dubois was a Dutch physician who set out in the 1890s to find remains of early humanoids. He located the first example of what he called 'Pithecanthropus erectus', also known as Homo erectus, on what island in 1891?

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